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In new record, three Category 4 hurricanes spin simultaneously in northeast Pacific
North East Pacific Ocean
Hurricanes Kilo, Ignacio and Jimena churn in the northeast Pacific Ocean. Image: NASA
For the first time on record, three Category 4 hurricanes were present at the same time in the entire northeast Pacific Ocean.
The Pacific Ocean has surpassed the +2 degree Celsius surface temperature threshold in one of the key regions in the Pacific Ocean — something this region hasn’t done since the most powerful El Niño on record in 1997 — and warm water fuels hurricanes and typhoons
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